Rolling Obituary Thread: 2019

daniel johnston?

Eccentric Austin singer-songwriter Daniel Johnston dead at 58. https://t.co/E5Ntv0d9k2

— Austin Chronicle (@AustinChronicle) September 11, 2019

dang

damn. RIP Daniel Johnston.

Wow. I had no idea he was only 58, seemed to have been around forever.

Fred Herzog on the same day as Robert Frank

http://www.calgaryherald.com/cms/binary/7907352.jpg

― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Wednesday, September 11, 2019 9:03 AM (four hours ago)

ok the thread has moved on but fred herzog photos of vancouver are probably my favourite vancouver artifacts. i walk down hastings street every day and it's interesting to compare the contemporary view with that neon-laden past of the strip depict in herzog's photos

I was not familiar with Herzog, but I looked up a gallery of his photos and they amazing.

Screenwriter Mardik Martin

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/mardik-martin-dead-raging-bull-mean-streets-screenwriter-was-82-1239079

eddie money

https://variety.com/2019/music/news/eddie-money-dead-dies-1203334855

Dude was unrepentant about living his life large right up until the very end.

Philippe Pascal, frontman of French post-punk bands Marquis de Sade and Marc Seberg. He was 63. RIP.

Comics historian and fandom historian Bill Schelly, 67. We weren't close friends but we were close enough to say friends rather than acquaintances.

Ric Ocasek of the Cars, who was fucking 75. I had no idea. Their first five albums range from solid to great, and he produced the Bad Brains' best album, Rock For Light.

Wow. RIP.

Wow

noooooo ;_;

i saw he was 70 (which was surprising enough). 75??

Wow.

RIP. Did not see that one coming.

NYC poet and avant-jazz scene fixture Steve Dalachinsky. I knew him for about 20 years, saw him at every Vision Festival I attended and a million gigs at the Knitting Factory, Tonic, and other places. He was even hanging out at the Whitney Museum when I interviewed Cecil Taylor there for The Wire. An awesome guy. I’ll miss him.

Wow, he was very much always on the scene; sorry to hear that.

Broadway's Phyllis Newman

https://www.broadway.com/buzz/196923/phyllis-newman-tony-winning-broadway-legend-dies-at-86/

whoah. RIP Rick. was just playing "Just What I Needed" Saturday night.

cokie roberts, 75

https://abcnews.go.com/US/legendary-journalist-political-commentator-cokie-roberts-dies-75/story?id=65633507

She was on one of the Sunday shows a few weeks ago and her appearance made me suck in my breath. She looked about 95, and like she weighed about 60 pounds max.

she was annoying

Never change, shakes.

I mean she wasn't out and out evil like some people but ugh she was like the archetypal beltway insider "centrist" Democrat

She was, though. xp

Shakey is being relatively discreet

biggest nonloss for broadcast journalism since Tim Russert

In recent years I would dread the appearance of "Ask Cokie" on NPR.

Morbs otm. I recognize her as a role model for women, and it sucks what happened to her dad.

Per this tweet, at least, she had a good moment of archival research:

Amazing bit of reporting by Cokie Roberts that has stuck with me: Her discovery of a letter from Louisa Adams detailing how members of Congress left behind *40 pregnant mistresses* after the extra-long session of 1820, necessitating more orphanage space--> https://t.co/CW4XxBRhNQ pic.twitter.com/iIoWce5LN2

— Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) September 17, 2019

This is partly why I couldn't bear her:

Political journalist George Will, who worked with Roberts on ABC's This Week, said Roberts was not just born to the political class but was a natural inhabitant.

"She liked people on both sides of the aisle and had friends on both sides of the aisle," Will told NPR. "If you don't like the game of politics, I don't see how you write about it well," he said. "She liked the game of politics and she understood that it was a game."

Nixon and House Minority Leader Gerard Ford discussing Cokie's dad Dale Boggs ("Is he back on the sauce?")

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZmkwqEK9Kk&t=219s

She was the daughter of a congressman and all about protecting the tribe. xp

It's amazing how being called "legendary" is so often connected to, as Woody said, just showing up.

She served on the boards of several non-profit organizations such as the Kaiser Family Foundation and was appointed by President George W. Bush to his Council on Service and Civic Participation.

sounds objective to me

she and her husband did write an editorial condemning Trump in 20216, calling for reasonable Republican (lol) to join them. That's what you can do as a member of the Permanent Beltway.

I only know the name from The Simpsons. Apparently she had a fling with Krusty during the first Gulf War.

Lisa also mentioned channeling her in the ep where she and Homer were in the spirit tanks.

RIP John Cohen, musician in New Lost City Ramblers, and:
As a music producer, he made 11 albums of field recordings for the Smithsonian Folkways, Arhoolie and Rounder labels, including recordings he made in both Kentucky and Peru; he also made 15 films that were shown both in the U.S. and internationally. Cohen was also the recipient of both a Guggenheim and Fulbright fellowship.

Cohen was also an acclaimed photographer and filmmaker who captured the likes of Jack Kerouac, Robert Frank, Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie; Muddy Waters too

That’s from npr obit

https://www.npr.org/2019/09/17/761593122/banjo-player-folklorist-photographer-and-filmmaker-john-cohen-has-died

Sander Vanocur, NBC and ABC correspondent dating back to Kennedy-Nixon

https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/story/2019-09-17/veteran-television-newsman-sander-vanocur-dies-at-91

Fernando Ricksen, 43

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/sep/18/fernando-ricksen-former-rangers-and-netherlands-footballer-dies-aged-43

Yes, that's a shame, even if he did play for Rangers at the height of their illegality.

Pianist - composer Harold Mabern

Oh no :(

RIP

He was in some seriously good Wes Montgomery and Roland Kirk bands in the 60's

He was awesome when I saw him last year. July 4th, I believe. Great to talk to, too.

Larry Wallis (Pink Faires, Motorhead, UFO, Blodwyn Pig etc.)

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/larry-wallis-dies/